The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-08-04

Ill IHo pIONllCe Vi NNNtPN hhHl
lula His house COUNT TOLsToI.
is the planest possible structure, white, rec
tangular and two stored, built of succeed
bricks. Without piazzas, towers, or external
ornament of any kind, it reflects the theories
Of its owner in its severe plainneS. Inside
the floors are bare, the furniture pan-even
cbeap-and old fashioned. Even pictures,
excepting here and there an engraved por-
trait Of some favorite author, or an oil paint
ing of some dead ancestor, are excluded.
No author in Russia is so much talked
about or SO widely read as Count Tolstoi
The educated classes buy his books and PAM
plets by the tens Of thousands, and their cir
culation among the peasants reaches into the
millions The press of his own country at
tack and defend his theories of life with great
spirit and bitterness. That of other coun-
] tries comments upon them as curious, to say
| the least. The verdict of educated society in
Russia is for the most part against him
In recent number of The Century Maya
zine Mr. George KEENAN, describes a visit to
the count He found him working in the
! fields Of q poor neighbor, clad in baggy
| trousers of coarse homespun linen, such as
the peasants wear, q white cotton under
| shirt, without collar or neckerchief, and
( heavy calfskin shoes, though the day was a
sultrv one Rupped strength and NOT boort1
| is his phvsical cbaracteristic-one which tbiS
I unbandsome garb enhanced rather tbon
modified The counts features, says Mr..
| KEENAN,, may be best described as "molded
with the fist and nolisbed viii +ho ,,ioI,o,, -
| Shaggy brows shade small, piercing gray
I eyes, wide, blunt ended nose, full
Inns. and thick prav heard and muetacho
( IL 49,, a., e. 81 ~; -. =, - ~
uo hoe bod HE avn smfrorinra .eu a., au' i,
- ,,aSaoI -, ~ WV ll' i'''A
s,,o ~ so,,,oti,,,o, - p'''i pt4oo'' aie
thoir oisto of baad ~ iii,' e WnaU
VIZ ho Yuos civ ,.ooflF niJ =, " poolVio Ui
,,otI,or ad,,it tbat Ia wac -, 80 ll'
ct fa,o;od y lo cows sstl,ot H. no-y Ivy
,,oss on oo.t,, ror ,,o,.., Iii, 80
nose such thicl, Tne and sroh s,yau 800, ~.ro
oves nc 7 had hesounht Goa 80 Sly
,,,irocla and tr,.n mo into - hoo,,.,. -
Lod IN tbo ,roso,,+ or ,,,;,rt,t 80 y: ''.i
future would [riva in oxchanno fa,, - n Uno
some .ocep -'''-'
Tbo count sboo,, hands with .,,o s,;. -
tho droshI,y ,ylich oonT,o,,od NJ 1 l.el ~
tho Louso not il, q no +,.o,i tr w
friondIy ,onror HiS onoTino,s W. Ely 10y
snont in cohbiing tbe sboes Of liz nn l oi'In
hors I1;S o1dosf darnkto, 49, po w.; ieisn-
1sith rorord to n'on,,ai toiI onJ ,,on i,o ,ie~s
Galds of ony roor noi@hl,or ,rto ., =, NO ~ 'ne
oSoistonoo n ,,oasant d,.os" ~ 20 - heeu VI
ont low in tho nocl, oil orouUd eaT sotiieo
hoir '' ''''' VI "i'eu
aI bo,iovo savs tho COUNT ntho+ ,
,o,,o dt,, - IoIo,. g., '.l',V ~ 10 every
s;Stanoa Hrd 70 ,yI,,.l, ~ I"aot WV n nc as
uay WIN ms nanos IL, ner,er 60 VI eveIy
labor for and with the poor in their nortio,;,
lar employment than it is to worL u, Won,
own higher, and possibly more remunorotiua
intellectual field. and then oive tbo 100 ~,
result olyour labor. In the ono case yo,, ,ot
only help the people who need boln ~ Wv, n~'
set the poor and idle an examnlo. yo,, 49, 80
them that YOU do not regard even tbair mo.
sale toll as beneath your DIGNITY ord T,o,,
thus teach them self respect indnstrv and
contentment with their LOFT IF IN ~ ot Hn.
hand Won work exclusively in ,,o,,, o,c,,
higher intellectual field and oive tha ,,no, tha
results of vour labor no vo,, would .I,,o
to a beggar, Won encourape idIenosS and do
pendence: Won establish q social cloSS distino
ton between yourself and the reciniemt Of
your aims: Won break down HE soIf roaooot
and self reliance and Won ;nsriro Ii, III,